Wow, why is it that rich people always think that they are above the law? Rapper and actor Mos Def, whose real name is Dante Terrel Smith, was trying to leave South Africa last week, but at the Immigration desk, he presented them with a "World Passport" and a 90 day visa (which was valid until Feb 2016), instead of his USA passport. He has a valid USA passport because South Africa has a record of him using it to enter the country
The World Government of World Citizens was established in 1953 by the late peace activist Garry Davis, an American who renounced his citizenship after World War II. No one accepts these "World Passports", so I don't even know why people go through the trouble to get them. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and intelligence whistle blower Edward Snowden both have "World Passports". People who rage against legitimate governments like to get "World Passports" to show that they don't recognise nor conform to the legitimate governments.
It is believed that Smith, his wife and child have all been living in South Africa for years coming and going usually every 3 months.Mos Def, who also uses the name Yassin Bey, faces charges including using a false identity, and "aiding and abetting his family to stay illegally in South Africa".
His family's visas expired in April 2014, and they have been given until January 29 to leave South Africa.
According to immigration officials, Mos Def has entered the country ten times since 2013, always on a 90-day tourist visa using a US passport.
"I haven't broken any law. And I'm being treated like a criminal," he said on a message released via superstar rapper Kanye West's Twitter feed.
In 2014, Mos Def cancelled a planned tour of the US due to what his publicists called "legal and immigration issues".
In his acclaimed hip-hop career he has produced classic solo songs as well as albums with Talib Kweli in the duo Black Star.
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